1o_ Edible plant that is native to India, take advantage of its stem and especially the leaves. The name comes to us from Latin lactuca, ae ( "relative to milk, by the milky liquid that is extracted from its stems" ). 2nd_ In lunfardo was a generic for beauty creams, by a well-known one in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century called Beauchamps Lettuce Cream.
It is the name of a herbaceous plant, easy to grow in orchards. It is raw edible green leaves. Its scientific name is Lactuca sativa and belongs to the family Asteraceae. In Colombia it was the mark of a commonly used hair fixer in the fifties and sixties. He was the sponsor of cyclist Ramón Hoyos Vallejo. In Argentina, Chile and Colombia exist as a surname, the same as Lechugo. It is of Spanish origin (allegedly Andalusian or Spanish). There are versions of the surname in Italian ( Lattuca ) and German ( Lattich ).
